The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has learnt from an appeal sent by the father of the detainee Omar Hayyan al-Razzouk that on 13/12/2009, the Supreme State Security Court (SSSC) sentenced his son to death pursuant to Law 49/1980. His sentence was then reduced to 12 years in prison.Omar Hayyan al-Razzouk is from the Syrian […]
SHRC Calls for the termination of Law 49/1980
On the 29th Anniversary of the Law of Collective KillingSHRC Calls for the termination of Law 49/1980 The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) has called for the termination of Law 49/1980- which sentences members of the Muslim Brotherhood to death- and to settle all associated files, which have targeted a large section of the Syrian […]
Contents
1.Introduction 2.Sednaya Prison Massacre 3.The Damascus Declaration for National Democratic Change (DDNDC) detainees 4.Civil Society and Human Rights Activists 5.Law 49/198 5.1 List of the names of Syrians detained or arrested in accordance to the law in 2008 5.2 Syrians in Forced Exile 5.3 Missing Detainees 6.Islamist Detainees 7.Random Arrests 8.Kurdish Detainees 9.Arab Detainees 10.Death […]
Law 49/198
A: List of the names of Syrians detained or arrested in accordance to the law in 2008 The campaign against members of the Muslim Brotherhood and their supporters has persisted unabated since 1980 in accordance with law 49/1980 which was introduced by the People’s Council (Parliament), at the behest of former president Hafez Al – […]
Contents
1. Introduction2. The Issue of Civil Society and Human Rights Activists3. Law No. 49First: Rulings of the Supreme State Security CourtSecond: The DisappearedThird: The Exiled4. Issue of Islamists5. Vengeful Measures6. The Ordeal of the Returnees and Visitors7. The Issue of Kurds8. The Issue of Arbitrary Detention9. Torture and Ill-treatment10. Death Due to Torture11. Death Because […]
3. Law No. 49
First: Rulings of the Supreme State Security Court The Syrian regime stepped up its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood Movement. The Supreme State Security Court continued sentencing to death all the detainees that had been subjected to trial on the charge of being members thereof, according to Law No. 49 of 1980 the first article […]
Unjust Sentences on Four Detainees
The exceptional State Supreme Security Court (SSSC) issued unjust sentences on four detainees on Sunday 20/5/2007. They include: 1- Fouad al-Shughri: was sentenced to death according to law 49/1980 (which sentences to death mere membership of the Muslim Brotherhood). The sentence was then reduced to 12 years in prison with labour, in addition to being stripped […]
Ahmad Assayed Sentenced Pursuant to Article 49/1980
The supreme State Security Court issued on Sunday 8/10/2006 a death sentence against the Syrian citizen Ahmad Mustafa Ibrahim Assayed (from Aleppo – 43 years) pursuant to Article 49/1980, which condemns to death the membership or affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood Movement. The sentence was then reduced to 12 years in prison with hard labour. The Syrian Human […]
Third: Law 49/1980
The sentences that were passed this year highlight notable validation of Law 49/1980, which was passed on the 7th of July 1980. The First Article of this law criminalizes the mere joining or sympathizing with the Muslim Brotherhood Movement punishable by death. The Fifth Article stipulates that this is to be implemented retroactively; hence detainees […]
Abdurrahman al-Musa Sentenced Pursuant to Law 49/1980
The Supreme State Security Court condemned today (27/6/2006) Mr. Abdurrahman al-Musa (43 years-Hama) to death pursuant to Law 49/1980 which condemns mere membership of affiliation to Muslim Brotherhood to death. The sentence was then lowered to 12 year imprisonment. Mr. al-Musa was forcibly deported on 19/1/2005 from USA because he committed an immigration breach. He […]